Exercises for Lesson 2

This post contains some exercises to help you practice conjugating verbs into the the polite present tense.

The first group of exercises will let you practice conjugating Group 1 verbs, Group 2 verbs, and the irregular verbs into the polite present tense. The second group of exercises will have you conjugating verbs back from the polite present tense into the dictionary form. For all of the verbs in the exercises, I will list the verbs in this order: # of the question, Kanji, Kana, English, Verb Group. The answers for all of the exercises will be at the bottom of the post.

In this first set of verbs, you will conjugate the verbs into their ます-stem then into to their polite present tense. If a verb does not have a ます-stem, just conjugate it into it's polite present tense.

1. 買う　かう　To buy Group 1
2. --　する To do Irregular
3. 消す　けす To delete Group 1
4. 始める　はじめる To begin Group 2
5. 続く 　つづく To continue Group 1
6. 捨てる　すてる To discard Group 2
7. 呼ぶ　よぶ To call Group 1
8. 来る　くる To come Irregular
9. 立つ　たつ To stand Group 1
10. 泳ぐ　およぐ To swim Group 1
11. --　やめる To stop Group 2
12. 売る　うる To sell Group 1
13. 死ぬ　しぬ To die Group 1
14. --　だ To be Irregular
15. 盗む　ぬすむ To steal Group 1

In this next set of verbs, I will list the verbs in the same way as above, but instead of listing the verbs in their dictionary forms I will list them in their polite present tense because you will be conjugating the verbs back into their dictionary forms.

1. 使います　つかいます To use Group 1
2. 写します　うつします To copy Group 1
3. 行きます　いきます To go Group 1
4. します　します To do Irregular
5. 開けます　あけます To open Group 2
6. 来ます　きます To come Irregular
7. 寝ます　ねます To come Group 2
8. 光ります　ひかります To shine Group 1
9. 待ちます　まちます To wait Group 1
10. 選びます　えらびます To choose Group 1
11. --　です To be Irregular

This is the end of the exercises. The answers to all of these exercise problems are below.

John

Answers for the first set of verbs (highlight to see):
1. 買い（かい）→買います（かいます）
2. し→します
3. 消し（けし）→消します（けします）
4. 始め（はじめ）→始めます（はじめます）
5. 続き（つづき）→続きます（つづきます）
6. 捨て（すて）→捨てます（すてます）
7. 呼び（よび）→呼びます（よびます）
8. 来（き）→来ます（きます）
9. 立ち（たち）→立ちます（たちます）
10. 泳ぎ（およぎ）→泳ぎます（およぎます）
11. やめ→やめます
12. 売り（うり）→売ります（うります）
13. 死に（しに）→死にます（しにます）
14. です
15. 盗み（ぬすみ）→盗みます（ぬすみます）

Answer to the second set of verbs (highlight to see):
1. 使う（つかう）
2. 写す（うつす）
3. 行く（いく）
4. する
5. 開ける（あける）
6. 来る（くる）
7. 寝る（ねる）
8. 光る（ひかる）
9. 待つ（まつ）
10. 選ぶ（えらぶ）
11. だ

Example Sentences for Lesson 3: Part 2 of 2

This post is part two of the example sentences for lesson three. I will continue to have the vocabulary for the example sentences at the top of this post like in the first part.

Nouns:
剣　けん Sword　
--　ドア Door
先生　せんせい Teacher
道場　どうじょう Dojo
戦士　せんし Warrior
八時　はちじ Eight o'clock
十一時　じゅういちじ Eleven o'clock
森　もり Forest
砂漠　さばく Desert

Intransitive Verbs:
開く　あく To open
光る　ひかる To shine
行く　いく To go

Transitive Verbs:
開ける　あける To open

I will show some example sentences that show the uses of の.

戦士の剣は光る。
せんしのけんはひかる。
The warrior's sword shines.

剣の先生は道場のドアを開ける。
けんのせんせいはどうじょうのドアをあける。
The sword teacher opens the dojo's door.

I will show some example sentences for the time marking usage of に.

ドアは八時に開きます。
ドアははちじにあきます。
The door will open at eight o'clock.

戦士は十一時に行く。
せんしはじゅういちじにいく。
The warrior will go at eleven o'clock.

I will cover the usage of に for marking the location of the action of the few verbs in a later lesson.

I will now show some example sentences for the destination marking usage of に, and the usage of へ. For the ease of reading, I have only used に in the next example sentences, but you can replace all of the に's with へ's.

私は森に行きます。
わたしはもりにいきます。
I will go to the forest.

戦士は砂漠に行く。
せんしはさばくにいく。
The warrior will go to the desert.

That covers all of the particles from lesson three.

John

Example Sentences for Lesson 3: Part 1 of 2

This post contains example sentences to help you understand the particles introduced in lesson three.

Because the vocabulary I have introduced so far is not large enough to form a variety of example sentences, I will introduced some more words, but you do not have to remember them beyond this section. They will be listed in the same way as in lesson one: Kanji Kana English Notes.

A note about pluralization in Japanese: nouns are not marked as being plural unless they are pronouns or nouns that represent people. For pronouns and nouns that represent people, you add the suffix 達 （たち） to show that they are plural. For other nouns, you have to guess from context whether or not they are plural. I will cover pluralizing more in depth in a later lesson.

Nouns:
剣　けん Sword
--　ドア Door
--　ドラゴン Dragon
戦士　せんし Warrior
私　わたし First-person pronoun

Intransitive Verbs:
開く　あく To open
光る　ひかる To shine
行く　いく To go
寝る　ねる To sleep

Transitive Verbs:
開ける　あける To open
殺す　ころす To kill

I'll first show some example sentences for は.

ドアは開く。
どあはあく。
The door opens.

剣は光ります。
けんはひかります。
The sword shines.

ドラゴンは寝る
ドラゴンはねる
The dragon sleeps.

Now I'll show an example sentence for が.

戦士が行きます。
せんしがいきます。
A warrior will go.

Next I'll show some example sentences for を.

戦士はドラゴンを殺す。
せんしはドラゴンをころす。
The warrior will kill the dragon.

私はドアを開ける。
わたしはドアをあける。
I will open the door.

戦士は剣を買います。
せんしはけんをかいます。
The warrior will buy the sword.

I will show some example sentences for the three remaining particles, の, に, and へ, in the next post.

John